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Redbirds ranked No. 22 in final Sports Network poll
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[DEC. 20, 2005]
NORMAL -- For only the third time in the 110 years
of Illinois State football, the Redbirds finished the season ranked
in the final top-25 poll. The Sports Network released its final
version on Monday, and ISU finished the 2005 season ranked No. 22
nationally with 380 votes, moving up one spot from the Nov. 21 poll.
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The Redbirds ranked No. 16 in the 1998 final poll after their first
playoff appearance, before being ranked No. 3 in 1999 after
advancing to the semifinals of the I-AA playoffs. ISU was one of
four schools from the Gateway Football Conference in the top 25,
joining national runner-up and No. 2-ranked Northern Iowa, No. 7
Southern Illinois, and No. 14 Youngstown State. The Gateway and the
Atlantic 10 led all conferences with four teams in the final poll.
In all, the Redbirds owned a 3-1 mark against the final top 25
teams, including wins over Northern Iowa, 38-3; Southern Illinois,
61-35; and No. 16 Eastern Illinois, 27-6. The lone loss came against
Youngstown State, 20-17.
[Todd Kober,
assistant athletics director, media relations,
Illinois
State University] |
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